Prezzies

We've received our first wedding-present... I know it's a bit early ("a bit"??), but it's only because it's a combined leaving/wedding present from my colleagues and it's my last day actually at work today. Anyway: A food processor! I've wanted one for years anyway, and it was going to go on the "registry", so I'm well chuffed.

Ed.: Picture. Hepp:

Hm

We have a guestbook and a contact us form. I guess this is a good thing. The guestbook still needs some tweaking, I just grabbed the first one google found me that was php/mysql based and free. It looks fine, for what I want from it, but has received some tweaking and will require some more. This is why we have open source...

Gjesteboka virker, men er desverre bare på engelsk i øyeblikket - det skal selvsagt fikses... Derimot skal du nå kunne kontakte oss via dette skjemaet også på norsk ;)

New ticker

Less sickly sweet than the previous one.

I'd appreciate it

...if y'all refrained from doing this

at our wedding.

Though I must admit it's pretty funny.

Hm

If I decide it's not too sickly sweet (I'm in two minds at the moment) I might put this somewhere permanently. Or I might just create my own countdown thingamagig. We'll see.

Er det mulig?

Det er kanskje like greit å sørge for bildene selv?

Translation:
Wedding pictures show up at exhibiton after 36 years

The couple had hired a young photographer when they got married in 1968, but they never saw any pictures. Their surprise was great when they found the pictures at an exhibition in Sarpsborg in May.

Highly prized. - There we were, on the wall. With a price tag of 8000 kroner (approx. 1000 USD) per picture. Imagine our surprise says Mysen to the local paper, Smaalenenes Avis.

The couple, who are now in their 60ies, got married outside Honningsvåg in 1968. The young photographer took several pictures of teh couple alone and with close family. After the wedding, the couple returned to Eastern Norway, and the agreement was that the pictures would be mailed to them after a few weeks.

Time passed and no pictures arrived. Even though the couple enquired after the pictures serveral times, the photographer always had an excuse for why he never got them mailed.

- I lost count of the times I enquired. He had lots of different excuses. "I've mislaid the pictures", "forgot to send them", "been out fishing" were some of teh explanations he gave, says the groom to the paper.

Some relatives joked that perhaps he didn't have film in the camera. After a while the couple "forgot" the pictures. The shock was therefore substantial when they saw two of the pictures at a photo exhibition at Hafslund hovedgård in Sarpsborg. 8000 kroner per framed picture was the price. And each picture could be made in up to 20 copies.

They told their story to the gallery owner, who got in touch with the photographer. He called the couple the next day to apologise.

- He promised to make us a photo montage of the wedding pictures that he'd send us for free. But now close to two months have passed, says the groom.

To which I can only say: Perhaps sorting out the pictures for ourselves (I'm getting a good friend to be the "official" photographer) is not such a bad idea after all...

Party rules

For possible inclusion (or inspiration for similar) in programmes/menu-thingies, from Kvinneguiden and Bröllops Torget

§ I. Det er forbudt å la maten hindre hyggelig konversasjon og å holde det gode humør for seg selv.
§ II. Tygg rolig og sindig – bare de nærmeste skal høre deg!
§ III. Tygg med innsiden av ansiktet.
§ IV. Spis bare fra din egen tallerken
§ V. Om mat og drikke tar slutt,lån av personen til venstre.
§ VI. Unngå trengsel under bordet – krabb til høyre.
§ VII. Fotografering med medbragt kamera tillates bare om man sender eventuell kopi til brudeparet.
§ VIII. Den som holder tale er ansvarlig for å vekke de som sover ved talens slutt.
§ IX. Pass på at bordfellene ikke benytter spirituosa slik at de blir besudlet i ansiktet.
§ X. Klær anbefales.
§ XI. Borddamer returneres ved festens slutt (gjelder ikke bruden).

Det är STRÄNGT FÖRBJUDET att låta maten tysta mun.

Var och en äter på sin egen tallrik.

Det är strängt förbjudet att hålla sitt goda humör för sig själv.

Ät som om det var ert sista mål, men förtär ej mer än ni med våld kan tvinga i er.

Klädsel rekommenderas.....

Kontrollera att era bordsgrannar ej nyttjar rusdrycker så att de blir suddiga i ansiktet.

Det är obligatoriskt att prata med och fotografera dina bordskamrater med de engångskameror som är utplacerade på borden.
Använd alltid blixt!

Undvik trängsel under bordet, kryp till höger.

Porslins- och inredningskrossning undanbedes vänligt men bestämt.

Vill någon röka får detta göras företrädesvis utomhus.

Naked

We handed our rings in to the jewellers today, to have them engraved and to have mine resized. Considering I never normally wear rings, at least I haven't worn one since I was around 10 or so, it's surprising I managed to come up with anything near the correct size when needed. However, it was most certainly too large - I went by one I had resized to "fit" following my confirmation - a gift for same - and I suspect the jewellers (or perhaps myself) were wanting to make sure it would be easy to remove, something I'm not so worried about in my engagement ring (I want to be able to take it off, but it need not come off easily).

Anyhow, I'm wearing that silly ring from my confirmation now, my hand felt so bare without a ring. It will have to do until we get the proper ones back - which might be as much as two weeks.

Ack.

Anyhow, we decided that as we already know the wedding date we might as well have it put in at once, so hopefully, once it's back, the ring will not need to leave my hand ever again.*

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* Note to those of you who are baffled by this: In Norway, if one wears engagement rings at all, traditionally one will use the same ring(s) as a wedding band.

Bring tissues

"It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers."

(from Melissa)

Amenities

Ideas from LJ:

1. "Welcome baskets" in the hotel rooms for out-of-town guests. Now, pretty much all our guests wll be out-of-town, of course, but it's still worth considering as a nice gesture. Suggestions for contents include maps of the area, "things to do", cookies or candy bars, bottles of water.

2. "Amenities baskets" in washrooms at reception site. This seems like a really good idea. To include safety pins, mints, hairspray, clear nail polish (to repair stockings), spray deoderant, combs, aspirin, sewing kit, nail clippers, nail file, tampons/pads, shout wipes (to clean spilt food off clothes), pen and paper, toothpicks.

Bubbles (no, not the chimp)

I like the alternative of bubbles (the rice being so bad for the wee little birdies that it's obviously out). Rose petals just seem a bit too, well, I can't think of the word right now. Bubbles is so much more me.

Favours

Does one do favours in Norway? I somehow don't think so, but someone out there is planning small books with personalised bookmark and bookplate with the wedding details and it's such a neat idea. And it's kinda us, too - I mean, I'm more of a book-freak than he is, but only just.

*ponder*

Hot

Since hubby-to-be - not to mention everyone in my family - are mad for hot food, these would be cool. However, getting them mailed from the us is out of the questions, so I think this will remain in the "good idea, but..." category

Engraving ideas

From anti-bride:

"Not for resale"
"If you can read this, smack him"
"Put your ring back on"

I like "Not for resale". There's also the options of using nicknames instea of real names. Quoting serialkiller:

"our engraving...
on mine "little fish"
on his, "my true love necho" (we call eachother that all the time, it seemed only appropriate."